Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays The man behind
the new VW Beetle, J Mays is considered one of the most
revolutionary designers in the history of the automobile.
This, the first book on his work, tracks his innovative career
from his early days at Audi to his current tenure at Ford
(where he designs seven lines: Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Mazda,
Jaguar, Aston Martin, and Volvo). He believes that the innovations of the past should be
used to inform future solutions. A focus of the book will be duets of cars-the
original and the new Beetle, the classic 1957 Thunderbird and its redesigned
contemporary counterpart. A section is devoted to a short history of car design.
9 ½ x 11 ½, 96 pages, many
illustrations